When differentiating a tactile hallucination from a gustatory one, the nurse understands that a gustatory hallucination is evidenced by what?
A) An unusual sensation not felt by others
B) A complaint of tasting something unusual
C) Hearing voices not based in reality
D) Seeing things that are not there
Ans: B
Tactile hallucinations involve the sense of touch, while gustatory hallucinations involve the sense of taste. Gustatory hallucination is related to sensory perceptions of taste that occur in the absence of an actual external stimulus.
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